USPTO Patents Application 10674291

United States Patent and Trademark Office

APPLICATION NUMBER

FILING OR 371 (c) DATE

FIRST NAMED APPLICANT

ATTORNEY DOCKET

10/674,291

09/29/2003

Tatuhiko Tuchiya

9333/354

00757

BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE
P.O. BOX 10395
CHICAGO, IL 60611

FILED UNDER 37 CFR 1.53(b)
Fifing Date Granted

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMM EKCF

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NUMBER

CONFIRMATION NO. 3112
FORMALITIES LETTER

•OC00000001 1533606*

Date Mailed: 12/19/2003

NOTICE TO FILE MISSING PARTS OF NONPROVISIONAL APPLICATION

Items Required To Avoid Abandonment:

An application number and filing date have been accorded to this application. The item(s) indicated below,
however, are missing. Applicant is given TWO MONTHS from the date of this Notice within which to file all
required items and pay any fees required below to avoid abandonment. Extensions of time may be obtained by
filing a petition accompanied by the extension fee under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).

• The statutory basic filing fee is missing.

Applicant must submit $ 770 to complete the basic filing fee for a non-small entity. If appropriate, applicant
may make a written assertion of entitlement to small entity status and pay the small entity filing fee (37
CFR 1.27).

• The oath or declaration is missing.

A properly signed oath or declaration in compliance with 37 CFR 1.63, identifying the application by the
above Application Number and Filing Date, is required.

• To avoid abandonment, a late filing fee or oath or declaration surcharge as set forth in 37 CFR 1 .1 6(e) of
$130 for a non-small entity, must be submitted with the missing items identified in this letter.

The applicant needs to satisfy supplemental fees problems indicated below.

The required item(s) identified below must be timely submitted to avoid abandonment:

• Additional claim fees of $108 as a non-small entity, including any required multiple dependent claim fee, are
required. Applicant must submit the additional claim fees or cancel the additional claims for which fees are due.

SUMMARY OF FEES DUE:

Total additional fee(s) required for this application is $1008 for a Large Entity

• $770 Statutory basic filing fee.

• $130 Late oath or declaration Surcharge.

• Total additional claim fee(s) for this application is $108

■ $108 for 6 total claims over 20.

Replies should be mailed to: Mail Stop Missing Parts

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A copy of this notice MUST be returned with the reply.

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